ATLANTA, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home
Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer,
today recognized the hundreds of high school seniors and
college/postsecondary students entering the skilled trades by
participating in SkillsUSA's National Signing Day 2021 as
the Southeast sponsor. As part of the celebration, and the
company's trades training program, Path to Pro, The Home
Depot Foundation provided scholarships to six students entering the
skilled trades.
"We're thrilled to help these students achieve their dreams as
they enter the building and construction trades," said Shannon Gerber, Executive Director, The Home
Depot Foundation. "The opportunity to partner with SkillsUSA and
Klein Tools to provide support to the next generation of
tradespeople is incredibly rewarding."
Uniquely designed for SkillsUSA students pursuing a career in
the building and construction trades, the program granted
$30,000 in scholarships towards each
student's trade school tuition. The Home Depot Foundation and
SkillsUSA selected six winners from the Southeast region,
including:
- Annayeli Dionisio, Columbus Career & College Academy,
Whiteville, N.C.
- Jalen Randolph, Butler County
Career Academy, Greenville,
Ala.
- Jesse Moran, RIVEROAK Technical
College, Live Oak, Fla.
- Kayla Eades, Cross Keys High
School, Atlanta, Ga.
- Michael Snipes, East Laurens
High School, East Dublin, Ga.
- Zackery Pitchford, Lumpkin
County High School, Dahlonega,
Ga.
The Home Depot Foundation continues to build upon the
progress of its trades training program, which to
date, has exposed more than 15,000 to the skilled trades while
also certifying more than 5,000 participants in its first
few years. As sponsors of National Signing Day, The Home
Depot and Klein Tools have had the opportunity to forge meaningful
relationships with students and schools across the country.
"The Home Depot plays a critical role in the building and
construction space serving both professional contractors and
consumers," said SkillsUSA Executive Director Chelle Travis. "Their involvement and investment
in National Signing Day have been powerful in advancing
our mission and supporting our students' accomplishments."
For more information on The Home Depot Foundation please visit
the website.
About The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's
largest home improvement specialty retailer. The Company operates a
total of 2,298 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, 10
Canadian provinces and Mexico. In
fiscal 2020, The Home Depot had sales of $132.1 billion and earnings of $12.9 billion. The company employs approximately
500,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones
industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
About The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot
Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S.
veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and
support communities impacted by natural disasters. Since 2011, the
Foundation has invested more than $375
million in veteran causes and improved more than 50,000
veteran homes and facilities. The Foundation has pledged to invest
half of a billion dollars in veteran causes by 2025 and
$50 million in training the next
generation of skilled tradespeople through the Path to Pro
program.
To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation
visit HomeDepotFoundation.org and follow us
on Twitter @HomeDepotFound and
on Facebook and Instagram @HomeDepotFoundation.
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